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House of Slaves

Museum in Dakar, Senegal
The House of Slaves and its Door of No Return is a museum and memorial to the victims of the Atlantic slave trade on Gorée Island, 3 km off the coast of the city of Dakar, Senegal. Wikipedia
Opened: 1776
The House of Slaves (Maison des Esclaves) and its Door of No Return is a museum and memorial to the victims of the Atlantic slave trade on Gorée Island, ...
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Sep 10, 2014 · House of Slaves · Despite a fraught and controversial history this African island holds a powerful monument to the tragedy of the slave trade.
Jun 16, 2010 · The House of Slaves: Island of Gorée. Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn ... slave-quarters and the elegant houses of the slave traders. Today it ...
La Maison des Esclaves, or the House of Slaves, with its symbolic Door of No Return, stands as a significant museum and memorial to the Atlantic slave trade.
... slave-quarters and the elegant houses of the slave traders. Today it ... First terminus of the “homeoducs” who drained the slaves from the hinterland, Gorée ...
Jul 1, 2013 · President Obama visited one of Africa's most famous memorials to the slave trade on Thursday, the House of Slaves on Senegal's Goree Island.
The largest slave house was built by the Dutch in 1776. After the abolition of slavery in France and its colonies (1848), the economic decline of the island ...
House of Slaves. The museum is located on Gorée Island, 3 km off the coast of ... Slave Life, Slave Pen, slavery, transatlantic slavery. Legacies on Display ...
The House of Slaves and its Door of No Return is a museum and memorial to the victims of the Atlantic slave trade on Gorée Island, 3 km off the coast of the ...